Page 3: Historical Events In September - 16

1859  Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history battle of Princeton WV   

1862  Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY on this day in history.   

1862  On September - 16 battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)   

1863  On September - 16 robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)   

1867  On this day in history ottawa Rough Riders & Senators play Canadian Football game   

1872  On September - 16 henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)   

1873  German troops leave France on this day in history.   

1875  On September - 16 james Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney)   

1877  James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) on September - 16.   

1878  On September - 16 karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes)   

1880  Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman) on September - 16.   

1882  On this day in history mart Saar, composer   

1885  Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup on September - 16.   

1885  Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst on September - 16.   

1887  Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor on September - 16.   

1888  Almira Sessions, Washington DC, actress (Okla Annie) on September - 16.   

1889  Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press) on September - 16.   

1890  Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers on September - 16.   

1890  Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man)   

1891  Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer on September - 16.   

1892  On this day in history amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y"   

1893  Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders on this day in history.   

1893  Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders on September - 16.   

1893  On this day in history albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937)   

1894  Clarence R Hennecke, Omaha NE, actor (Keystone Kops) on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals)   

1896  Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist on this day in history.   

1896  Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1899  Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50) on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County.   

1901  On September - 16 andree Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)   

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0016  Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38) was born on this day in history.   

1098  Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179) was born on September - 16.   

1386  Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist//sciencist/general was born on this day in history.   

1387  On this day in history birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)   

1507  On this day in history birth of jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567)   

1547  On September - 16 birth of abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet   

1557  Jacques Mauduit, composer was born on this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history birth of samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright (Polyxena)   

0096  On September - 16 death of titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45   

0655  On this day in history martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies   

0827  Death of Pope Valentine on this day in history.   

1087  On this day in history victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies   

1100  On this day in history death of bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054)   

1345  On September - 16 death of john IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)   

1380  On this day in history charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies   

1394  Clement VII, [Robert de Geneve], Pope (1378-94), dies on September - 16.